Heh.  Two years ago it was another vendor that did the same thing at the 
AusCERT conference.


Richard

On 05/21/2010 04:29 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
> "IBM has apologised after supplying a malware-infected USB stick to delegates 
> of this week's IBM AusCERT security conference.
> 
> The unlovely gift was supplied to an unknown number of delegates to the Gold 
> Coast, Queensland conference who visited IBM's booth.
> Big Blue does not identify the strain of malware involved in the attack 
> beyond saying it's a type of virus widely detected for at least two years
> which takes advantage of Windows autorun to spread, as a copy of IBM's email 
> apology published by the Beast Or Buddha blog explains."
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/21/ibm_usb_malware_snafu/
> 
> Juha-Matti
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